Whatever Krugman says I have to take the opposite stance without even reading it. He's just that stupid.
. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anybody that thinks Sen Ryan didn't offer a "serious" plan totally > misses the point: everyone is talking about and responding to Sen > Ryan's plan! > > Like the content or not it's a conversation starter and, more > importantly, a negotiation starter. > > Krugman in NY Times: > > Last week, Mr. Ryan unveiled his budget proposal, and the initial > reaction of much of the punditocracy was best summed up > (sarcastically) by the blogger John Cole: The plan is bold! It is > serious! It took courage! It re-frames the debate! The ball is in > Obamas court! Very wonky! It is a game-changer! Did I mention it is > serious? > > Then people who actually understand budget numbers went to work, and > it became clear that the proposal wasnt serious at all. In fact, it > was a sick joke. The only real things in it were savage cuts in aid to > the needy and the uninsured, huge tax cuts for corporations and the > rich, and Medicare privatization. All the alleged cost savings were > pure fantasy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
